Comment Re:The latency issue is for real (Score 1) 255
Ok folks .. yes latency is real, but it impacts each network stream independently. The problem with EDGE networks is that the bandwidth is not available to adequately multi-task and fill the gaps (created by latency of other streams) . 3G offers a fatter pipe, so even if there is more latency (assuming you have the CPU power and programming in your mobile device) you now can take advantage and fill those "gaps" with requests for more rich content. It is not the initial GET that is of any bandwidth concern, it is the subsequent GETs (which should be executed in parallel as much as possible) to fill in the rich content necessary for the page.
Of course as mentioned earlier this is all moot until the mobile devices have the proper programming and hardware speed to take advantage of it.
Probably the best test of this would be to test this on a laptop with two separate mobile networking cards from each network. I'm pretty sure you'll see much better performance from a 3G network.
Of course as mentioned earlier this is all moot until the mobile devices have the proper programming and hardware speed to take advantage of it.
Probably the best test of this would be to test this on a laptop with two separate mobile networking cards from each network. I'm pretty sure you'll see much better performance from a 3G network.
